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intermediate technology

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noun

  1. technology which combines sophisticated ideas with cheap and readily available materials, especially for use in developing countries

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With its physical hardware, WestonExpressions’ product may prove more of an intermediate technology on the way to actual communication between or phones and the television screens themselves.

From Forbes

An “intermediate technology” between the print book and the “everything in one device” tablet?

From Forbes

The climax of these years occurred in August 1965, when the Observer ran a milestone Schumacher article about Intermediate Technology on the front of the Review.

From The Guardian

Eventually, he would marry Verena, his children's au pair, embark on a second family and focus his attention on questions of "Intermediate Technology", the application of technology from the developed world for daily use in the developing world, using local materials.

From The Guardian